Author: rxbodybuilders
Alexander Fedorov was born on May 6, 1978 in the city of Leningrad. As a teenager, Alexander was involved in football, freestyle wrestling and taekwondo. He began bodybuilding at the age of fourteen. The date “January 1, 1993” Alexander considers the beginning of his serious training as a bodybuilder. On the eve of his sixteenth birthday Alexander Fedorov took part in a bodybuilding competition for the first time – it was the championship of his native city of St. Petersburg. Alexander performed in the category “under 16 years old”, in which he competed with two young athletes, bodybuilders, but he…
Toney Freeman (nicknamed X-Man) was born August 30, 1966 in South Bend, Indiana, now he is a professional bodybuilder IFBB. Toney is called the X-man, because he has extremely wide shoulders, a narrow waist (76 cm) and huge hips. There are people whose figure resembles the letter O, sometimes even A, and Toney’s figure looks more like the letter X. And if we recall the comics “X-Men,” our athlete is huge enough to be one of the superheroes. Freeman has a very interesting history from entering into a big sport. The first impression of “rocking”, it was when he was…
The infamous British bodybuilder Bertil Fox was born on November 9, 1951 on the island of St. Kitts, which belongs to East India. When he was one year old, his family decided to move to London, and later to Northampton. Bert himself considers himself to be a purebred Englishman, since he lived in this country all his life. Bodybuilding, he got carried away at 16 years, thanks to his older brother, an athlete. In 1969, Bertil Fox already won the Junior Tournament of Great Britain. At that time he was only 18 years old. The next years of Bertil Fox…
Lou Ferrigno, “Magnificent Lou”, is a name inscribed in the history of bodybuilding in gold letters. The history of this unusually talented and purposeful bodybuilder began on November 9, 1951 in Brooklyn (New York). It seemed that from the very beginning fate prepared for Lou some tests. Even in his early childhood, the boy had a severe form of otitis, which led to partial deafness. Children are often cruel to mutilated peers, and school years, Lou passed among constant mockeries and ridicule. The desire to stand up for himself and, what the hell is not joking, repay his offenders led…
George “Bulletproof” Victor Farah (b.1971 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. George Farah grew up in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) where he participated in combat operations as a child. Bodybuilding helped Farah get through these rough times and served as an outlet for much of his tension and remained with him after the war, when he won the Mt. Lebanon competition at age 15. Soon after, he and his family moved to the United States, eventually settling down in Rochester, New York where he earned a BA in electronics. He then opened a wholesale car…
Erik Fankhouser, nicknamed “The House” (derived from the name Fankhouser) is an American professional bodybuilder-heavyweight. Erik was born on May 30, 1980 in the USA. While studying at the West Liberty State College in West Virginia, the guy played American football, competed in track and field athletics in the shot put, throwing a spear and a hammer. In all of these sports disciplines, training in the gym was an integral part of the training. After graduating from college, Erik, used to training for competition, thought about choosing the sport that he would like to do professionally, and chose bodybuilding. The…
Ahmet Enunlu (born July 3, 1948) is a world champion Turkish bodybuilder. He was the fore-runner and the most successful performer of this sport in Turkey. He became the WABBA overall world champion in 1977 and 1978. In 1979, he won the overall amateur Mr. Universe title of the NABBA. Ahmet Enünlü Photo Gallery
Nasser El Sonbaty was born on October 15, 1965 in Stuttgart (Germany). Half an Egyptian, half a Croat – perhaps that’s why Nasser grew up a very capable child. They say that mixing blood is almost always successful. The boy was very well educated, realizing that education is the only “ticket to a great life.” The excellent ending of the gymnasium allowed him to continue his studies at the University of Augsburg. Sonbaty is called one of the most colorful figures of bodybuilding – and not for nothing! Nasser is the owner of not only a beautiful muscular form, but…
George Eiferman was born on November 3, 1925 in Philadelphia. His name stands alongside such vivid representatives of the Golden Era of bodybuilding, as Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Bill Pearl and Larry Scott. Many believe that Eiferman could have competed with Larry on Olympia in 1965 and become his main rival. George started training at 15, he weighed 60 kg. In 1942 during the Second World War at the age of 17, wishing to serve his country, Eiferman voluntarily entered the service in the US Navy. On this act, George was inspired by movie “March of Hitler”, where it was…
Stan Efferding (born November 6, 1967 in Portland, Oregon), is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and powerlifter. Stan Efferding, born November 6, 1967 in Portland Oregon, graduated from Cambria Heights High School in Patton Pennsylvania in 1985. He had a college scholarship to play soccer for Warner Pacific College, but he decided to go to University of Oregon, where he studied Psychology. Efferding competed in bodybuilding since 1988 winning the Mr. Oregon in 1991, placing 6th in the Jr. USA in 1992 and placing 2nd in the Emerald Cup in 1996 and 1997. Efferding started competing in powerlifting in 1996…